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Joseph Taylor, Psycho-Radio-Cosmic, and the Militaristic Influence of Mars

Joseph Taylor was a Nelson businessman turned astrologist, who fancied himself the Clement Wragge of natural disasters. His specialty being the prediction of earthquakes buy the movement of the planets. unfortunately he lacked both Wragges scientific rigor and his accuracy, though the parallels of their interests and activities (including interest in the … Continue reading

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Moon Musings

ON MOONLIGHT. Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7020, 23 March 1888, Page 2   with thanks to the national library of New Zealand http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=CHP18880323.2.4

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Pagan stirrings: Weird excerpts from Tui’s Annual

1931 1931 1930 1931 1931 Due to density (both segments containing numerous lengthy poems) and in the intrest of giving each room to set its own tone the Gothic segements will recieve a seperate entry next week.

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First Post

Welcome to EsotericNZ, a blog highlighting strange occurrences, beliefs, news articles and esoteric artworks that made the rounds in New Zealand in the period before the second world war. This blog is the creation of a team of academics and historians … Continue reading

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